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New Scotland town, Albany County, NY

9,084 Population
57.5 square miles 158 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$56,439 ±$4,083 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $46,231 ±$1,007
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$114,375 ±$13,232 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Albany County: $83,149 ±$1,788
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

6.6% ±2.3% (599  ±209) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Albany County: 12.9% 38,700 (±0.7% / ±2,076)
  • about half the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

25.8 minutes ±1.9 (102,370  ±11,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 21.3 2,890,325 (±0.4 / ±71,484)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,544 ±169 Number of households
  • Albany County: 132,728 ±902
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.6 ±0.1 (9,077  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Albany County: 2.2 297,191 (±0 / ±188)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.9% ±1.8% (50  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Albany County: 4.6% † 3,591 (±0.7% / ±529)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,681 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Albany County: 146,959 ±144
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$315,300 ±$22,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Albany County: $277,400 ±$3,622
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

3.6% ±1.7% (327  ±152) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Albany County: 13.7% 42,864 (±0.8% / ±2,375.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

96.6% ±5.8% (6,411  ±463.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 93.2% 198,329 (±1.6% / ±3,304.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
47.9% ±4.7% (3,177  ±339.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Albany County: 45.2% 96,130 (±1% / ±2,208.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±1.6% (343  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Albany County: 11.3% 35,749
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6.4% ±1.5% (471  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Albany County: 5% 12,847 (±0.3% / ±754)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
471 Total veterans ±113 397 Male ±97 74 Female ±63

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